BBS Insider Weekly Email Digest - School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences - UT Dallas
BBS Insider - The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences  |
| June 26 - July 2, 2023 |
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Wednesday, Jun 28
8:00 - 9:00am CT
States of Consciousness: From Mechanistic Principles to Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools — O’Donnell Brain Institute
Jacobo Diego Sitt, MD, PhD — Paris Brain Institute
In-Person Event | D1.602
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Tuesday, June 27
1:00 - 2:00pm CT
Neuroimmune and Endocrine Interactions Driving Female-Biased Mechanisms in Reproductive Physiology and Pain — Neuroscience Seminar
Melissa Lenert — PhD Candidate, UT Dallas
Hybrid Event | In-Person and MS Teams
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| In the News |
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Innovative Startups, Ideas Win Big Prizes at Pitch Competition
Dr. Chandramallika Basak, associate professor of psychology, won the research commercialization pitch competition for OptiMIND, which is working on games to help enhance brain and cognition skills.
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Life of Mental Mapping May Build Roadblocks Against Alzheimer’s
As an associate professor of psychology, Dr. Kristen Kennedy teamed up to investigate whether frequent use of the spatial navigation region of the brain might help fend off the onset of Alzheimer’s.
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Here She Comes: Alum Uses Her Pageant Platform for Change
For Annette Addo-Yobo BS’20, a psychology and child learning and development major, who will compete in the upcoming Miss Texas pageant, being named Miss Dallas was a crowning achievement after years of struggles on the way to completing her education.
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| BBS Podcast |
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Tune in to the final episode of our BBS masters programs series, featuring the Master of Science in Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders! Tune in now, the BBS student-led podcast Mindful Minutes is available on Spotify.
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| Student Interest |
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REU Research Projects 2023
Read about the current Center for Children and Families student cohort’s research projects, as they participate in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), where students develop research skills through hands-on experience conducting experimental and observational research.
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BBS students, we would like to highlight you and your accomplishments on BBS social media! If you are interested, please fill out this survey and we will follow up with more information and next steps.
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